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[close] "The Twelves Tribes of Hattie" by debut novelist Ayana Mathis is the newest Oprah's Book Club 2.0® selection. The novel is a searing portrait of striving in the face of insurmountable adversity and is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit. For more of Oprah's Book Club 2.0® visit http://oprah.com/bookclub Find OWN on TV at http://www.oprah.com/FindOWN

[close] "...In the United States alone, the most recent statistics show that 34 million adults are below what are considered levels of basic literacy. That means that these people cannot fill out a job application or read the label on a prescription. Contributing causes of illiteracy include poverty, learning disabilities, unilingualism, and technology. Many students who graduate from high school have limited vocabularies, and below normal reading and writing skills. Some have never read a novel. The majority cannot write grammatically correct sentences. But these students not only graduate from high school, they enter college as well, even though they are below what was once considered the norm for entry-level college students. ,According to the National Committee on Adult Literacy, 1.2 million teenagers or one in every three, drop out of high school. That is a big contributor to adult illiteracy..." Help us spread reading awareness by sharing & reposting... subscribe and follow me ;-) Book S

[close] Best Selling Author, Sue Monk Kidd tells Oprah how she overcomes writer's block.

[close] Oprah and Michelle Obama sit down for a conversation about Mrs. Obama's much-anticipated, upcoming memoir, Becoming. Here, Mrs. Obama explains why the word "becoming" sums up her journey. "My journey is the journey of always continually evolving,"

[close] During an in-depth conversation with Oprah about her new memoir, Becoming, Michelle Obama opens up about the pressure of being the "first black family" to live in the White House. "We felt the pressure from the minute we started to run," Mrs. Obama says.